61.   Two One Nation members of Parliament, Ken Turner and John Kingston, confirmed they had already quit the party to become independents.

62.   Verney again pressed for Ventura to quit the party, citing comments the former wrestler made in a recent interview in Playboy magazine.

63.   Former SDP chairman Sadao Yamahana, who had led a rebel group within the SDP, quit the party on Wednesday.

64.   He also quit the party.

65.   He quit the party at the beginning of this year to prepare his candidature for the presidential poll.

66.   However, political analysts suggest that some liberal Motherland deputies might quit the party, if Yilmaz agrees on a coalition with the Islamists.

67.   However, political analysts suggest that some liberal Motherland deputies might quit the party if Yilmaz agrees on a coalition with the Islamists.

68.   Ironically, the wide acceptance of widow Kumaratunga by the rank and file in the SLFP saw her younger quitting the party last year to join the governing UNP.

69.   A former Labor senator, Colston last year quit his party to give the ruling Liberal-National coalition a vital majority in the upper house.

70.   Another high-ranking Motherland official, Kaya Erdem, also threatened to quit the party in the event of a coalition agreement with Welfare.